List of Isma'ili missionaries

List of Isma'ili missionaries (da'is)

Background

The simplified description of the hierarchy (hudūd) of the organization of the Ismaili da'wah was as follows:[1][2][3]

  • Nāṭiq (ناطق), the messenger-propher.
  • Waṣī (وصي), the prophet's "legatee".
  • Imām (امام). The absolute head of the da'wah organization. All senior appoitments had to be approved by him.
  • Dā'ī ad-Du'āt' (داعی الدعات literally "Da'i of the Da'is"), "Chief Da'i"; also known as bāb (باب, literally "gateway") in Fatimid sources. The administrative head of the organiztion.
    • Pīr in indian subcontinent know to be second to imam and no other position is higher than it other than imam. The appointment has to be done by imam and Pir is appointed usually from the imam's family unless title given after death
  • Dā'ī kabīr (داعي كبير) -- "Superior Da'i", "Great Da'i"
  • Dā'ī (داعي, literally "missionary", plural du'āt) -- "Ordinary Da'i", "Da'i". Always acting as group, not singly; except in a very small area.

List

RankNameActive yearsSectArea of influenceBaseReferences
Chief Da'iAbu Abdallah al-Khadimsince 903-913 until 919KhurasanNishapur[4]
Chief Da'iAl-Qadi al-Nu'man909–974Fatimid doctrineIfriqiya
Chief Da'iAbu Ya'qub al-Sijistani?–971Fatimid doctrineKhurasan and Sijistan
Chief Da'iHamid al-Din al-Kirmani996–1021Fatimid doctrine
Chief Da'iAhmad ibn Ibrahim al-Naysaburi10th-11th centuryFatimid doctrineNishapur; Cairo
Chief Da'iMu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi1048–1078Fatimid doctrineFatimid CaliphateHouse of Knowledge, Cairo
Chief Da'iAbd al-Malik ibn AttashFatimid doctrinePersia and Iraq (Seljuk territories)Isfahan
Da'iAhmad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn AttashFatimid doctrineIsfahanShahdiz fortress, Isfahan
Chief Da'iHassan-i Sabbah1090–1124Fatimid, later NizariDaylam, later Nizari Isma'ili stateAlamut Castle
Chief Da'iAbu HamzaArrajan[5]
Chief Da'iKiya Buzurg-Ummid1124–1138NizariNizari Isma'ili stateAlamut Castle
Chief Da'iMuhammad Buzurg Ummid1138–1162NizariNizari Isma'ili stateLambasar Castle, Alamut Castle
Chief Da'iAl-Hakim al-Munajjimdied in 1103NizariSyriaAleppo
Chief Da'iAbu Tahir al-Sa'ighNizariSyriaAleppo and Afamiyya[6]
Chief Da'iBahram al-Da'iNizariSyriaDamascus (civilian base) and Baniyas fortress (military base)[7]
Chief Da'iIsma'il al-AjamiNizariSyria
Da'iAbu'l Fath of SarminNizaripart of Syria
Chief Da'iAbu MuhammadNizariSyriaAl-Kahf Castle
Da'iRashid ad-Din Sinan~1160–1163NizariBasra District
Chief Da'iRashid ad-Din Sinanfrom 1163-1164 to 1192-1193[8]NizariSyriaAl-Kahf Castle
Chief Da'iAbu Mansur ibn Muhammad or Nasr al-'Ajamisince 1192 or 1193NizariSyria[8]
Chief Da'iKamal al-Din al-Hasan ibn Masud1222-1223NizariSyria[8][9]
Chief Da'iMajd al-Din1226–1227NizariSyria[8][9]
Chief Da'iSiraj al-Din Muzaffar ibn al-Husayn1227, 1238NizariSyria[8][9]
Chief Da'iTaj al-Din Abu al-Futuh ibn Muhammad1239–1240, 1249NizariSyria[8][9]
Chief Da'iRadi al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali1258–1261NizariSyria[8][9]
Chief Da'iKhwaja QasimNizariQuhistan[6]
Da'iAbu Ishaq QuhistaniQasim-Shahi NizariQuhistan[6]
Da'iAbu Firasuntil 1530 or 1540NizariSyriaMaynaqa Fortress[6]
Chief Da'iAbu Abdallah al-Shi'iFatimid CaliphateYemen and North Africa
Chief Da'iHamdan QarmatLower IraqSalamiyah
Chief Da'iAbdallah ibn Maymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
Chief Da'iMaymūn Al-Qaddāḥ
Da'iZakarawayh ibn MihrawayhAmong the Banu TamimSaylahin
Da'iAbu Muhammad Abdan
Chief Da'iJawdharFatimid CaliphateNorth Africa
Chief Da'iAmir al-ZawahiFatimid CaliphateYemen
Chief Da'iAli al-SulayhiFatimid CaliphateYemen
Da'iAbu Yaqub al-SijistaniFatimid Caliphate
Chief Da'iMusa ibn DawudFatimid CaliphateFars
Da'iAl-Mukarram AhmadFatimid CaliphateYemen
Da'iDa'i AnjudaniNizariIran
Chief Da'iAbu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-RaziFatimid CaliphateRay and Central PersiaRay
Chief Da'iHamid al-Din al-KirmaniFatimid CaliphateIraq and Iran
Da'i (Hujjat-i Khurasan)Nasir Khusraw1052–1088Fatimid doctrineKhurasanYamgan District (1060–1088)
Da'iAl-Mukarram AhmadFatimid CaliphateYemenJibla, Yemen
Chief Da'iDhu'ayb ibn MusaSulayhid dynastyYemenHooth
Da'iAbd al-Malik al-KawkabiJibalGerdkuh[10]
Da'iLamak ibn MalikSulayhid dynastyYemen
Da'iYahya ibn LamakSulayhid dynastyYemen
Da'iAbdullah (Ismaili Mustaali Missionary)Fatimid CaliphateGujaratKhambhat
Da'iSyedi Hasan FeerTaiyabiGujaratDenmaal
Da'iSyedi FakhruddinFatimid CaliphateRajasthanGaliakot
Da'iSyedi NuruddinFatimid CaliphateMaharashtraDon Gaon
Da'iAbdul Qadir HakimuddinTaiyabiMadhya PradeshBurhanpur
PirPrannath / Imam MahdiNizari (Ismaili Missionary)Madhya PradeshPanna
Da'iSyedi Bava Mulla KhanTaiyabiMadhya PradeshRampura
PirPir SadardinNizariSindh
Da'iSulayman bin HassanTaiyabiIndiaAhmedabad
Da'iAbdul Hussain JivajiTaiyabiIndiaNagpur
Da'iMuhammad AmiruddinTaiyabiIndiaNagpur
Da'iTaher FakhruddinTaiyabiIndiaThane
Da'iAl-Fakhri AbdullahTaiyabiHijazNajran
Da'iHaatim ZakiyuddinTaiyabiGujaratVadodara
Da'iAhmad bin Abdullah bin MaymunFatimid CaliphateIran and IraqSalamiyah
Da'iAbu'l-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Faraj ibn Ḥawshab Mansur al-YamanFatimid CaliphateYemen
Da'iAli ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani883–915Fatimid doctrine (until 911) / Qarmatian doctrine (from 911)Yemen
Da'iKhalaf al-HallajFatimid CaliphateIran
Da'iAbu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ahmad an-NasafiFatimid CaliphateIranRay
Da'iJa'far ibn Mansur al-YamanFatimid CaliphateEgyptCairo
Da'iQadi Abul Hussain Ali bin NomanFatimid CaliphateEgyptCairo
PirShamsuddin SabzwariNizariPakistanMultan
Da'iTaj MughalNizariPakistanGilgit and Hunza
PirPir Hasan KabiruddinNizariPakistanUchh
PirPir TajuddinNizariPakistanLahore
Da'iSayed Imam ShahNizariPakistanUchh, see Satpanth for further information
Da'iSayed Rehmatullah ShahNizariGujrat and Kutchh
Da'iSayed NurbakshNizariJammu and Kashmir
Da'iMir Shamsuddin IINizariJammu and Kashmir
Da'iBadiuddin Khwaja KassimNizariIranAnjudan
Da'iSyedi Lukman jiTaiyabiIndiaUdaipur
Da'iKhanji PheerTaiyabiIndiaUdaipur
Da'iZurayidsHafiziYemenAden
Da'iIbn Selim el-AswaniFatimid CaliphateSudan
Da'iNasir al-Din Nasir HunzaiNizariPakistanHunza Valley
Da'iNizari QuhistaniNizariIranBirjand
Da'iIsmail GangjiNizariIndia
Da'iMalik Tayfur AnjudaniNizariIran
Da'iSayed Alam ShahNizariIndiaGujarat
Da'iSayed Ali ShahNizariIndiaGujarat
Da'iSayed Bakir ShahNizariIndiaGujarat
Da'iSayed Nur Muhammad ShahNizariIndiaGujarat
Da'iMuhammad bin Sa'd bin Daud surnamed ar- RafnahNizariSyria
Da'iNuruddin AhmadNizariSyria
Da'iAbul Ma'ali Hatim bin Imran, eminently known as Ibn ZahraNizariSyria
Da'iSayed Malang ShahNizariCentral AsiaShagnan
Da'iSayed Khamush Shah ShiraziNizariCentral AsiaShagnan
Da'iAsma bint ShihabTaiyabiYemenJibla, Yemen
Da'iArwa al-SulayhiTaiyabiYemenJibla, Yemen
Da'iAmira DarrabFatimid CaliphateIranRay
Da'iHussain QainiNizariIranQaen
Da'iAbul Khattab Muhammad bin Abi Zaynab Maqlas al-Asadi al-KufiIsmailiIraqKufa
Da'iHasan bin Muhammad bin Kiya BuzurgNizariIranAlamut
Da'iAbu Jabala Ibrahim bin GhassanFatimid CaliphateEgyptCairo
Da'iJabir al-ManufiFatimid CaliphateLebanonTyre
Da'iAbul Fawaris al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-MimadhiFatimid CaliphateIsraelAcre
Da'iAbul Hussain Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-KumaytFatimid CaliphateIsraelAskelon
Da'iAbu Muhammad al-TabariFatimid CaliphateIranTabaristan
Da'iAbul Hasan al-HalabiFatimid CaliphateSyriaAleppo
Da'iAbu Tamim Abul Kassim al-BukhariFatimid CaliphateUzbekistanBukhara
Da'iAbul Wafa al-DaylamiFatimid CaliphateIranDaylam
Da'iIbn Abi'l DibsFatimid CaliphateSyriaDamascus
Da'iKhuzayma bin Abi KhuzaymaFatimid CaliphateIraqBaghdad
Da'iAbu Abdullah bin al-NamanFatimid CaliphateIraqBaghdad
Da'iAbu Abdullah al-KhadimFatimid CaliphateIranNishapur
Da'iAbul AbbasFatimid CaliphateTunisiaMahdia
Da'iAbdullah bin Abbas al-ShawiriFatimid CaliphateYemenAhwaz
Da'iAl-FarazdaqAli ibn Husayn Zayn al-AbidinKuwaitKazma
Chief Da'iBadr al-JamaliFatimid CaliphateEgyptCairo
Da'iZayn bin Abi FarajNizariSyria
Da'iIbrahim bin Abi'l FawarisNizariSyria
Da'iIsmailNizariSyria
Da'iNasir ad-Dawla Iftagin at-TurkiNizariEgyptAlexandria
Da'iJalal ad-Dawla bin AmmarNizariEgyptAlexandria
PirPir Satgur Noor/Sayyid Nooruddin Noor MuhammadNizariIndiaGujarat
Da'iPir Sayed Muinuddin HasanNizariIranSabzevar
Da'iSayed SalauddinNizariIranSabzevar
Da'iAd-DaraziDruzeEgyptCairo
Da'iHamza ibn-'Ali ibn-AhmadDruzeEgyptCairo
Da'iAl-Muqtana Baha'uddinDruzeSyriaBeit Jann
Da'iHasan al-Akhram al-FarghaniDruzeEgyptCairo
PirPir NasiruddinNizari SatpanthPunjabUchh
PirPir Sahib'adinNizari SatpanthIndia
Da'iSayed RuknuddinNizari SatpanthIndia
Da'iSayed BadruddinNizari SatpanthIndia
Da'iSayed Shamsuddin IINizari SatpanthIndia
Da'iSayed GhiasuddinNizari SatpanthIndia
Da'iKhaki KhorasaniNizariIranKhorasan
Da'iAli Quli RaqqamiNizariIranKhorasan
Da'iKhwajah Qasim TushtariNizariIranAlamut
Da'iMuhammad Abu al-MakarimNizariSyria
Da'iShihab al-Din Abu FirasNizariSyria
Da'iAbul Haytham GorganiFatimid CaliphateIranGorgan
Da'iMohammed ibn SorkFatimid CaliphateIranNishapur
Da'iSayyed DidaraliNizariIndia
Da'iSayyed MustakaliNizariIndia
Da'iSayyed Nour BakshNizariIndia
Da'iSayyed Auliya AliNizariIndia
Da'iSayyed Amir AhmedIsmailiArabiaMedina
Da'iSayyed NooruddinIsmailiArabiaMedina
Da'iSayyed Nasser MohammedNizariIran
Da'iPir Qasim ShahNizariIran
Da'iSayyed Noor MehdiNizariIndia
Da'iSayyed Hyder ShahNizariIndia
Da'iIbrahim Jusab VartejiNizariIndia
Da'iAssad bin Kassim Al-AjamiFatimid CaliphateSyriaAleppo
Da'iIbrahim bin Ismail Al AjamiFatimid CaliphateSyriaAleppo
Da'iPir Sayyed AlauddinNizariAfghanistanBadakshan
Da'iAhmad HadiFatimid CaliphateYemen
Da'iSayyed ZahiruddinNizariIndia
Da'iRodakiFatimid CaliphateCentral Asia
Da'iSayyed Shah QalandarNizariIndia
Da'iPir Mahmud ShahNizariIranSabzevar
Da'iPir MuhibuddinNizariIranSabzevar
Da'iPir Muhammad ZamanNizariIran
Da'iPir Baba Hashem ShahNizariIran
Da'iPir Mirza Shah QasimaliNizariIran
Da'iPir Abul Hassan AliNizariIran
Da'iPir Mehrab BegNizariIran
Da'iSeyyed Ali Asghar BegNizariIran
Da'iSeyyed Akbar Ali BegNizariIran
Da'iMirza Mohammed BaqirNizariIran
Da'iMohammed bin Ali bin Hasan As-SouriNizariSyria
Da'iSeyyed Lal Shah Baz QalandarNizariIndia
Da'iPir KhaliquddinNizariIran
PirPir Ismailbhai GangjiNizariIndia
Da'iSeyyed IslamuddinNizariIndia
Da'iSeyyed Imamuddin IndraNizariIndia
Da'iHatem Bin Mahmoud bin ZahrahNizariSyria
Da'iSeyyed Hasan ShahNizariIndia
Da'iPir GhalibuddinFatimid CaliphateNorth Africa
Da'iSeyyed Gheb ShahNizariIndia
Da'iFiruzFatimid CaliphateYemen
Da'iAnushtakin Al-DuzbariFatimid CaliphateSyria
Da'iAbdul MajidFatimid CaliphateYemen
Da'iSeyyed Adam MehdiNizariIndia
Da'iAga Jehangir ShahNizariIndia
Da'iSeyyed Bala ShahNizariIndia
Da'iPir Abdul MominNizariIndia
Da'iPir SalamuddinNizariIndia
Da'iSeyyed Khaliq ShahNizariIndia
Da'iSeyyed JalaluddinNizariIndia
Da'iSeyyed Awal ShahNizariIndia
Da'iPir Aga AzizNizariAfghanistan
Da'iKhuzaima QutbuddinTaiyabiIndia
Da'iTayyebhai RazzakTaiyabiIndia
Da'iIbn HatimTaiyabiYemen
Da'iAbu Abdullah Ja'far ibn al-Aswad ibn al-HaythamFatimid CaliphateTunisiaKairouan
Da'iAli ibn Muhammad al-IyadiFatimid CaliphateTunisiaKairouan
Da'iFidai KhorasaniNizariIran
Da'iSayed MunirNizariAfghanistanShagnan, Badakhshan
Da'iAbu Aly A. AzizNizari
Da'iKassim AliNizari
Da'iNoormohomed RahimtullahNizari
Da'iNoordin AmlaniNizari
Da'iAlibhai NanjiNizari
Da'iJaffer Ali A. BhalwaniNizari
Da'iJaffer Ali Muhammad Somji SufiNizari
Da'iJuma Bhagat IsmailNizari
Da'iBandali Bhagat IsmailNizari
Da'iNurullah Bhagat IsmailNizari
Da'iKaram HussainNizari
Da'iKara RudaNizari
Da'iKassim Ali Muhammad JafferNizari
Da'iKassim Ali R. ParooNizari
Da'iKhuda Baksh TalibNizari
Da'iMuhammad Murad Ali JumaNizari
Da'iSultanali Nazarali WaljiNizari
Da'iAbul Kassim Muhammad Kuhpayai known as Amiri Shirazi or Kassim AmiriNizariIran
Da'iSayed Dadu or Pir DaduNizariIndia
Da'iSayed Abdul NabiNizariIndia
Da'iPir Shihabuddin ShahNizariIndia
Da'iAbu Al FathNizariSyria
Da'iKhalaf ibn Mula'ibMusta'liSyria
Da'iAbu'l Hasan Sinan bin Suleman bin MuhammadNizariIraq
Da'iZahiri FaryabiNizariDaylam
Chief Da'iKamaluddin KohistaniNizariQuhistan
Da'iShamsuddin bin DaulatshahNizariSyria
Da'iShihabuddin bin Ibrahim al-MainaqiNizariSyria
Da'iMuhammad bin al-JazirahNizariSyria
Da'iAbu Mansur al-Yameni al-ShadiliNizariSyria
Da'iMuhammad Abul MakrimNizariSyria
Da'iMuhammad bin al-Fazal bin Ali al-Baza'iNizariSyria
Da'iKhayr Khwah Herati or Muhammad Reza bin Sultan Hussain Ghuriyan HeratiNizariAfghanistan
Da'iSayed Suhrab Wali BadakhshaniNizariAfghanistan
Da'iSayed Umar YamghaniNizariAfghanistan
Da'iZayn al-Abidin bin Hussain bin Khushnam AngawaniNizariIran
Da'iSayed Shah ZahurNizariYasin and Punial
Da'iSayed Bakir ShahNizariYasin and Punial
Da'iSayed Karim HyderNizariYasin and Punial
Da'iSayed Shah ArdbilNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Hussain ArdbilNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Yaqut ShahNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Shah Abdur RahimNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iSayed Ghulam Ali ShahNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iKhwaja Shah TalibNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iMirza IsmailNizariGilgit and Hunza
Da'iKhwaja ShahidNizariGilgit and Hunza
Chief Da'iSheikh al-Hajj KhidrNizariSyria
Chief Da'iSheikh Muhammad al-SuwaydaniNizariSyria
Chief Da'iMu'ayyad al-Din Muzaffar ibn Ahmad MustawfiNizariIran
Chief Da'iQadi Tajuddin MardanshahNizariIran
Da'iMaulana DakhliNizariIndia
Chief Da'iShawiri915-?Fatimid doctrineYemen
Chief Da'iAbu Ibrahim Asadabadi12th CenturyNizariSyria


See also

References

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